Week 6 Futures - France F3 (10k+H) - Bressuire

Smidster · Challenger level

Week 6 Futures - France F3 (10k+H) - Bressuire

seagull · Hall of fame

And Jamie Baker

Smidster · Challenger level

Jamie withdrew today

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: (q11) Daniel Cox WR 818 beat Morgan Mannarino (FRA) UNR by 6-4 4-6 6-4

QR2: (q11) Daniel Cox WR 818 v Eddy Chala (ALG) WR 1265

Smidster · Challenger level

QR1: (q10) Joshua Milton WR 732 def Nikolai Nesterov (RUS) WR 1385 6-0 6-4
QR2: (q10) Joshua Milton WR 732 v Dinko Halachev (BUL) WR 1657

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Marcus Willis WR 959 lost to (q14) Frederic de Fays (BEL) WR 853 by 7-6(5) 6-2 cry

After his good performances in the handful of senior tournaments he played in last year, I thought Marcus was goin to push on up the rankings quite quickly, but apart from taking Colin Fleming to two tiebreaks, he's been playing at around his current ranking so far this year, which is crazy given how few tournaments his ranking is based on.

He's still got plenty of time of course, I'm just a bit surprised that he seems to be finding it such a tough start to the year.

-- Edited by steven at 00:25, 2009-02-08

Fitzy 4 top 100 · Social player

i think thats slightly harsh as de fays is a very good player who can beat a lot of players on his day.. completly agree though that marcus is capeable of pushing way up in the rankings this year!

wolf · Tennis legend

QR2: (q10) Joshua Milton WR 732 beat Dinko Halachev (BUL) WR 1657 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 smile

QR2: (q11) Daniel Cox WR 818 beat Eddy Chala (ALG) WR 1265 6-0 ret smile

FQR: (q10) Joshua Milton WR 732 v Kevin Botti (ITA) WR 929
FQR: (q11) Daniel Cox WR 818 v Tom Jomby (FRA) UNR

Evans must have withdrawn because he is not in the main draw.

-- Edited by wolf at 17:12, 2009-02-08

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: (q11) Daniel Cox WR 818 beat Tom Jomby (FRA) UNR by 1 & 3

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: (q10) Joshua Milton WR 732 lost to Kevin Botti (ITA) WR 929 by 6-3 3-6 6-2 bleh

-- Edited by steven at 15:41, 2009-02-09

steven · Tennis legend

There was a nice-looking Q/LL v Q/LL draw here in a quarter with the no. 8 seed and the no. 9 seed (who replaced the no. 2 seed after he withdrew), so of course the Brits drew two of the top four seeds instead: bleh

L32: (Q) Daniel Cox WR 815 v (4) David Guez (FRA) WR 281
L32: (LL) Joshua Milton WR 729 v (3) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 261

steven · Tennis legend

Dan lost

but the score was a lot closer than I expected.

L32: (Q) Daniel Cox WR 815 lost to (4) David Guez (FRA) WR 281 by 7-5 2-6 6-4 cry

L32: (LL) Joshua Milton WR 729 v (3) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 261 - Wednesday

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

That's a good fight by Dan, but unfortunately its another loss for him and no ranking points again.

He just needs to get a good draw somewhere as I think that once he can get a result, he should be able to follow it up with 2/3 others.

steven · Tennis legend

Completing a rubbish day for the GB men in singles, if not an entirely unexpected result given the tough draw:

L32: (LL) Joshua Milton WR 729 lost to (3) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 261 by 2 & 1 cry

Vandenburg · Futures level

this is possbily the most boring week in british tennis i can rememeber,not only is there no challangers, theres no one doing anything on futures tour!